Markets & News: Signal to Noise with Jim Wiesemeyer

Growers have been increasingly restless this week as they await news on a 2nd tranche of tariff aid payments. Pro Farmer Washington analyst Jim Wiesemeyer has the latest on whether those payments will actually happen. He also has some breaking news on the threatened partial government shutdown on this week's DC Signal to Noise.

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Pro Farmer Washington Analyst Jim Wiesemeyer has a sneak peak inside of news that soybeans will soon be headed to China. Is the White House spot-checking with grain companies to confirm sales? Get the latest on this, the second tranche of tariff aid payments and a whirlwind vote expected on the farm bill...all on this week's DC Signal to Noise.

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Farmer profitability could hang on a single meeting in Buenos Aires this weekend as President Donald Trump breaks bread with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss trade. In this week's DC Signal to Noise, Pro Farmer Washington Analyst Jim Wiesemeyer breaks down the possible outcomes and how the meeting could make or break U.S. agriculture.

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The midterm election put a spotlight on the yawning gap between urban and rural voters according to Pro Farmer Washington analyst Jim Wiesemeyer. He and AgDay TV's Clinton Griffiths look at what the election tells us after most of the results are finally in and speculate on the impacts on ag issues in this week's DC Signal to Noise podcast.

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In this special, post-election episode of DC Signal to Noise, Pro Farmer's policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer wades through the noise of the midterm election to look for what happens next? Will a farm bill make it through a lame duck session of Congress? Will the huge influx of new members of Congress understand modern agriculture? Will an emboldened President Donald Trump and a split Congress bring back earmarks?  

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President Donald Trump took a couple of significant swings in the ongoing trade battle with China this week, but will the pressure bring resolution to the trade war? Pro Farmer Washington Analyst Jim Wiesemeyer picks apart the signals from Washington to shed light on whether a meeting at the G20 summit will end the trade tension. 

Jim also takes a look at the key races in Tuesday's midterm elections and the keys to swinging the House to either the Democrats or Republicans.

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House Ag Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-MN) told us this week he plans to have a finished farm bill ready when Congress returns after the election. Is that realistic? Jim Wiesemeyer says not only is it realistic, but an expected push for hurricane disaster funding may actually help move a farm bill forward. Wiesemeyer, the Pro Farmer policy analyst, has details on the latest farm bill negotiations as well as potential impacts of President Donald Trump's threats to close the border with Mexico, the potential ag impact of the growing tensions with Saudi Arabia and more in this week's Signal to Noise podcast.

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The arrest of a Chinese agent on espionage charges was a big signal aimed at the Chinese trade negotiators according to Pro Farmer Washington analyst Jim Wiesemeyer. In this week's DC Signal to Noise, Wiesemeyer and Farm Journal News Director John Herath break down the impacts of the spy arrest on increasing trade tensions. Wiesemeyer also looks at how a lame duck session could bring a wild flurry of activity to what has been a gridlocked Congress.

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This week brought a trade agreement with Canada, but there's no agreement in sight on the farm bill. In this week's DC Signal to Noise, Pro Farmer's Washington analyst Jim Wiesemeyer explains what's at the heart of the debate over the commodity title in the farm bill and the dramatic impact it could have on your bottom line.

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It used to be that Washington needed a deadline to get something done. In 2018 it's apparent that deadlines mean very little. Pro Farmer Washington analyst Jim Wiesemeyer talks about the blown deadlines for the farm bill, NAFTA and more with Farm Journal's John Herath and special guest and Canadian ag journalist Shaun Haney of Real Agriculture.

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